BCOR 101, Fall 2004
A partial list of "popular" genetics books
that you may want to read
A feeling for the organism: the life and work of Barbara McClintock |
Evelyn Keller |
James. D. Watson |
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Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in
genetics |
Philip R. Reilly |
Acquiring Genomes: A theory on the origins of
species |
Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan |
Biography of a germ |
Arno Karlen |
Book of man : the quest to discover our genetic heritage
|
Walter Bodmer and Robin McKie. |
Cancer: The evolutionary legacy |
Mel Greaves |
Century of DNA : a history of the discovery of the
structure and function of the genetic substance
|
Franklin H. Portugal and Jack S. Cohen. |
Chance in the house of fate : a natural history of
heredity + |
Jennifer Ackerman. |
Clone: the road to Dolly and the path ahead.
|
Gina Kolata |
Controlling our destinies: the human genome project from historical, philosophical, social, and ethical perspectives
|
Phillip R. Sloan |
Cracking the genome: inside the race to unlock human
DNA |
Kevin Davies |
DNA fingerprinting: the ultimate identity
|
Ron Fridell |
DNA: The Secret of Life |
James Watson with Andrew Berry |
Eighth day of creation : makers of the revolution in
biology + |
Horace Freeland Judson. |
Engineer in the garden : genes and genetics : from the
idea of heredity to the creation of life |
Colin Tudge. |
Enough: staying human in an engineered age
|
Bill McKibben |
Eve's Seed: Biology, the Sexes and the course of
History |
Robert McElvaine |
Fabricated man: the ethics of genetic control
|
Paul Ramsey |
First fruit: The creation of the Flavr Savr tomato and the birth of genetically engineered food.
|
Belinda Marineau |
Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and
the search for the virus that caused it |
Gina Kolata |
Forensic DNA typing: biology and technology behind STR markers
|
John Butler |
Francis Crick and James Watson and the building blocks of life
|
Edward Edelson |
From DNA to diversity: molecular genetics and the
evolution of animal design |
Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D.
Weatherbee |
Future perfect: confronting decisions about genetics
|
Lori B. Andrews |
Gene cloning and DNA analysis: an introduction
|
T. A. Brown |
Genes, girls, and gamow: after the double helix
|
James D. Watson |
Genetic maps and human imaginations: the limits of science
in understanding who we are |
Barbara Katz Rothman. |
Genetics in the wild |
John C. Avise. |
Genome: the autobiography of a species in 23
chapters + |
Matt Ridley |
Genomic revolution : unveiling the unity of life
|
Michael Yudell and Robert DeSalle, editors.
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Language of genes : solving the mysteries of our genetic
past, present, and future |
Steve Jones. |
Life script : how the human genome discoveries will
transform medicine and enhance your health + |
Nicholas Wade. |
Life, liberty, and the defense of dignity: the challenge for bioethics
|
Leon R. Kass |
Lives to come : the genetic revolution and human
possibilities |
Philip Kitcher. |
Malaria: Evolution of a Killer |
Norma Mohr |
Mapping Human history: Discovering the past through our
genes |
Steve Olson |
Misunderstood gene |
Michel Morange ; translated by Matthew
Cobb. |
More than Human + |
Ramez Naam |
Nature via Nurture |
Matt Ridley |
Our posthuman future: consequences of the biotechnology revolution
|
Francis Fukuyama |
Principles of gene manipulation |
Sandy B. Primrose, et al |
Recombinant DNA |
James D. Watson, Michael Gilman, Jan Witkowski, Mark
Zoller, Gilman Witkowski |
Redesigning humans: our inevitable genetic future
|
Gregory Stock |
Remaking eden: how genetic engineering and cloning will transform the american family
|
Lee M. Silver |
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA |
Brenda Maddox |
Signs of life : the language and meanings of DNA
|
Robert Pollack. |
Tears of the cheetah : and other tales from the genetic
frontier + |
Stephen J. O'Brien |
The biotech centure: harnessing the gene and remaking the world
|
Jeremy Rifkin |
The blank slate |
Steven Pinker |
The century of the gene
|
Evelyn Fox Keller |
The clone age: adventures in the new world of reproductive technology
|
Lori B. Andrews |
The common thread: a story of science, politics, ethics and the human genome
|
John Sulston |
The cooperative Gene: How Mendel's demon explains the
evolution of complex beings |
Mark Ridley |
The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA +
|
James D. Watson |
The double-edged sword of immunity. |
William R. Clark |
The gene masters: how a new breed of visionary scientists raced for the biggest prize in biology
|
Ingrid Wickelgren |
The gene wars: science, politics, and the human genome
|
Robert Cook-Deegan |
The genetic inferno: inside the seven deadly
sins |
John Medina |
The geneticist who played hoops with my DNA and other masterminds from the frontiers of biotech + |
David Duncan |
The Hungry Gene: The Science of Fat and the Future of
Thin + |
Ellen Ruppel Shell |
The intelligent genome
|
Adolf Heschl |
The journey of man: A genetic odyssey |
Spencer Wells |
The lives to come: the genetic revolution and human possibilities
|
Philip Kitcher |
The molecule hunt: archaeology and the search for ancient
DNA |
Martin Jones |
The perfect baby: parenthood in the new world of cloning and genetis +
|
Glenn McGee |
The Second Creation: Dolly and the age of biological
control |
Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and Colin Tudge |
The Seven Daughters of Eve |
Bryan Sykes |
The Tangled Field: Barbara McClintock's Search for the
Patterns of Genetic control |
Nathaniel C. Comfort |